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Is part of
The Plant Novels
2007
series - author
novel
(number
3
in series)
Issue Details:
First known date:
2011...
2011
The Magic of It
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'Revisiting his colonial past in Sydney, academic authority on magic Archer Major receives threatening letters. He gets creepy bookseller Mac Arber to hire Plant to investigate their source. When the letters continue, Major imports Plant to Oxford and sets him up in college. Unreconstructed radical Revill is the prime suspect. He claims Major ran a secret service project to neutralize dissidents by black magic, and ruined his career. And Major's dope-smoking wife, Lucy, seems to be having an affair with Revill. Until he is found dead.' (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Dedication: to Jean Bedford and Peter Corris.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
-
Interview with Michael Wilding
Teresa Burns
(interviewer),
2013
single work
interview
— Appears in: Journal of the Western Mystery Tradition , Vernall Equinox vol. 3 no. 23 2013; -
A Non-Magical, Non-Mystical Tour
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 26 no. 1 2012; (p. 110-111)
— Review of The Magic of It 2011 single work novel -
Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 3 December 2011; (p. 30)
— Review of Ruby Blues 2011 single work novel ; The Magic of It 2011 single work novel -
PI Delves into the Dark Arts
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 November 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of The Magic of It 2011 single work novel -
Degradation of the Times
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 336 2011; (p. 53)
— Review of The Magic of It 2011 single work novel
-
Hardy Plant, Tolerates Danger
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 55 no. 10 2011; (p. 124)
— Review of The Magic of It 2011 single work novel -
Satisfying Bunch of Five
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 November 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of Fools’ Paradise : Life in an Altered State 2011 single work novel ; The Magic of It 2011 single work novel ; Play Abandoned 2011 single work novel ; The Colonial Queen 2011 single work novel ; Hergesheimer Hangs In 2011 single work novel -
Degradation of the Times
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 336 2011; (p. 53)
— Review of The Magic of It 2011 single work novel -
PI Delves into the Dark Arts
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 November 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of The Magic of It 2011 single work novel -
Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 3 December 2011; (p. 30)
— Review of Ruby Blues 2011 single work novel ; The Magic of It 2011 single work novel -
Undercover
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 August 2011; (p. 33) A column canvassing current literary news including a report on Michael Wilding's The Magic of It and Garry Shead's illustrations for the book. Marc McEvoy also notes the University of Western Sydney's China Australia Literary Forum, being held on 31 August and 1 September 2011. -
Interview with Michael Wilding
Teresa Burns
(interviewer),
2013
single work
interview
— Appears in: Journal of the Western Mystery Tradition , Vernall Equinox vol. 3 no. 23 2013;
Last amended 24 May 2017 11:09:36
Settings:
- Sydney, New South Wales,
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Oxford,
Oxfordshire,
cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
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